Guide Robot Control for User-Paced Indoor Navigation
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Solution Overview
Problem
There is a need for a moving robot that can assist users in navigating through facilities with multiple locations, provide user-customized route information, and monitor the user's health condition in real-time, especially in environments where traditional guidance methods are inefficient or impractical.
Innovation Solution
A moving robot equipped with a main body, an information collecting unit, a moving guide unit, and a controller that adjusts its movement speed and route based on user input, health monitoring, and environmental conditions, including emergency situations, to provide personalized assistance and guidance.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If employees are assigned to guide each user in facilities, then user guidance quality improves, but human resource efficiency deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables self-service guidance where users independently interact with the guide robot through natural conversation or input devices, eliminating the need for employee intervention while maintaining high guidance quality
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces the mechanical system of human employee guidance with an automated robotic system equipped with sensors, processors, and communication modules that can independently provide facility guidance and assistance
2Device complexity
If traditional static guidance systems are used in facilities, then system simplicity is maintained, but adaptability to user needs deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The guide robot features dynamic adaptability where the route planning and guidance content are automatically adjusted in real-time based on user preferences, mobility conditions, and facility status, transitioning from static to dynamic operation modes
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes operational parameters such as walking speed, route selection, and interaction mode based on detected user conditions (e.g., elderly users receive slower speeds and more detailed instructions, while young users receive faster, more concise guidance)
3Productivity
If the robot moves at high speed, then productivity improves, but safety and user comfort deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The robot implements dynamic speed adjustment that continuously adapts its movement velocity based on real-time detection of user characteristics, environmental conditions, and interaction phase, ensuring optimal balance between efficiency and safety
Solution Approach 2:
The system incorporates continuous feedback loops where sensors monitor user position, robot speed, and environmental factors, with the processor automatically adjusting movement parameters to maintain safe operating conditions while maximizing productivity
Data Source
AI summary
The present invention comprises: a main body; an information collecting unit for receiving input of user information; a moving guide unit configured to enable a part of a user's body to be in contact with the main body; a moving unit configured to move the main body; and a control unit which, when sensing that a part of a user's body is in contact with the moving guide unit, controls the moving unit so that the main body moves along a moving route extracted from the user information, wherein the control unit controls the moving unit to allow the main body to move according to a walking speed of the user.